Thunderstorm Wind, Rock Island
- When
- August 4, 5:02 PM CST
- Where
- Rock Island County
- Coordinates
- 41.500, -90.520
Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 4, 1980
16 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
16 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll
- When
- August 4, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Coordinates
- 42.100, -89.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Mercer
- When
- August 4, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Mercer County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.200, -90.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Stephenson
- When
- August 4, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Stephenson County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.280, -89.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Henry
- When
- August 4, 5:57 PM CST
- Where
- Henry County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.420, -90.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll
- When
- August 4, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Coordinates
- 42.020, -89.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Winnebago
- When
- August 4, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Winnebago County
- Coordinates
- 42.270, -89.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Scott
- When
- August 4, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County
- Coordinates
- 39.630, -90.470
Thunderstorm Wind, McHenry
- When
- August 4, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- McHenry County
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.320, -88.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Kane
- When
- August 4, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kane County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.880, -88.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Boone
- When
- August 4, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Boone County
- Coordinates
- 42.250, -88.850
Thunderstorm Wind, De Kalb
- When
- August 4, 7:12 PM CST
- Where
- De Kalb County
- Coordinates
- 41.930, -88.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll
- When
- August 4, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Coordinates
- 41.970, -89.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Du Page
- When
- August 4, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Du Page County
- Coordinates
- 41.820, -88.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Cook
- When
- August 4, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cook County
- Coordinates
- 41.830, -87.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Cook
- When
- August 4, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cook County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.870, -87.600
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, August 4, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 4, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 4, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 4, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 4, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 4, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 4, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 4, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 4, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, August 4, 1980
- Hail in Texas, August 4, 1980
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10004160, 10004161, 10004162, 10004163, 10004164, 10004165, 10004166, 10004167, 10004168, 10004169, 10004170, 10004171, 10004172, 10004173, 10004174, 10004175.